Zoë & Mike previously performed under the name Contact, changing to Every Thread from January 2016. Contact made 250 live performances at over 60 venues. Selected highlights from this period include:

5 live radio performances on BBC Radio and other local stations

8 support slots for Bluetones frontman, Mark Morriss

Several festival appearances, such as Solihull’s B91 Festival in 2005 & 2006, Sheffield’s Tramlines in 2013 and Oakwell Festival in Leeds & Holbrooks Festival in Coventry, both in 2014

Multiple shows at legendary Midlands venues such as The Jug of Ale in Moseley, The Yardbird in Birmingham, The Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath, Katie Fitzgerald’s in Stourbridge and Birmingham’s Glee Club and Symphony Hall foyer

A few nights to remember at Dirty South in Lewisham and Brixton Jamm, taking coaches full of travelling fans